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Recipes for eco-friendly bathroom cleaners

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Vinegar cleaner

All-purpose and long-lasting, this removes grease and dirt. Ideal for stainless steel sinks, tiled and timber surfaces and plastic finishes such as fridge shelves and phones.

• 2 cups white vinegar
• 1 cup water
• 25 drops eucalyptus oil

Combine all the ingredients in a spray bottle. Shake well before use, spray onto a soft damp cloth and rub. No need to rinse.

Lavender disinfectant

Keeps bathroom surfaces safe and smelling sweet. It also makes a marvellous spray when ironing bed linen.

• 25 drops lavender essential oil
• 2 tbsp methylated spirits or vodka
• 500ml distilled water

Add the oil to the alcohol in a clean, dry bottle and leave to dissolve for 24 hours. Add water and decant into a spray bottle. Shake thoroughly before use.

Lemon cream cleanser

This slightly abrasive cleaner is good for baths, basins, benches and stovetops.

• squirt of phosphate-free liquid detergent
• 1/2 cup bicarbonate of soda
• 1 tsp vegetable glycerine
• lemon essential oil

Stir enough detergent into the bicarb to make a soft paste. Add glycerine and several drops of oil. Apply with a damp sponge, then rinse.